To not arrive at or reach a location; to not go as far as

The temperature and duration of heating or cooking; the degree of heat used in preparing food or firing pottery.

Negative adverb used before verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs to indicate negation; also used as a bound-form prefix to form terms with opposite meanings

to take the lid off; to open or lift a cover such as a pot lid or veil

pot; pan; boiler; cauldron; any round cooking vessel with a hollow center, typically made of iron, aluminum, or stainless steel